A dimension of the global reaction on the George Floyd Riots taps into long-standing left-wing attitudes toward American imperialism abroad and hypocrisy at home. They’ve only been heightened by widespread antipathy toward President Trump. Part of it is about anti-Americanism, part of it is about the perceived gross injustice. But it’s also about Trump, who is so unpopular in Germany that it makes many people dislike America as a whole. Then there’s the fact that Trump’s brand of ultranationalism more readily maps onto the growing divisions in other countries, with the US president having explicitly made common cause with far-right movements in Europe, which has been seen as a Threat to the Elite of Europe. So BAME and ANTIFA have found natural allies in the Governments of Europe and the World, just at a time when all our Societies are Weak due to the Battle with COVID-19.
UK Culture Under Direct Attack Part 8
